What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39596 and 39615?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39596 and 39615 is 19.

GCF(39596,39615) = 19

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39596 and 39615, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39596 and 39615.

How to find the GCF of 39596 and 39615?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39596 and 39615. After we will calculate the factors of 39596 and 39615 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39596

Prime factors of 39596 are 2, 19, 521. Prime factorization of 39596 in exponential form is:

39596 = 2² × 19¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39615

Prime factors of 39615 are 3, 5, 19, 139. Prime factorization of 39615 in exponential form is:

39615 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 39596

List of positive integer factors of 39596 that divides 39596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 521, 1042, 2084, 9899, 19798

Step-4: Factors of 39615

List of positive integer factors of 39615 that divides 39596 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 19, 57, 95, 139, 285, 417, 695, 2085, 2641, 7923, 13205

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39596 and 39615. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39596 and 39615 is 19.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39596 and 39615